The Japanese government is reportedly taking actions that will effectively make incandescent lightbulbs illegal.

The government will propose putting an end to domestic production and sale of energy-consuming incandescent bulbs to support a shift to energy-saving fluorescent bulbs to cut electricity consumption and carbon dioxide emissions, government sources said Wednesday.

The government is trying to work out the details, including the designated transition period for a shift from incandescent to fluorescent bulbs, with some proposing the period to be within three years, the sources said.

The government claims that their moves will cut around two million tons of carbon dioxide emissions. However, consumers tend to favor the incandescent bulbs because they are cheaper

[A]nalysts say the shift may draw strong opposition from consumers as prices of fluorescent bulbs are 10 times higher than for incandescent bulbs, although fluorescent bulbs consume only one-fifth the electricity and last 10 times longer.

I wonder if this will give rise to an incandescent bulb black market, smuggling rings, and midnight raids by a government agents. . .